Cutting attachment for muzzles of revolvers



(NoModeL) J. HERNANDEZ. I

CUTTING ATTACHMENT POR'MUZZLBS OF REVOLVERS. No. 575,949. [Patented Jan.26, I897.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

J I'AN HERNANDEZ, OF SAN LUIS POTOSI, MEXICO.

CUTTING ATTACHMENT FOR MUZZLES OF REVOLVERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 575,949, dated January26, 1897.

Application filed April 13, 1896. Serial No. 587,310. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JUAN HERNANDEZ, a citizen of Mexico, residing at SanLuis Potosi, in the State of San Luis Potosi, Mexico, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Firearms; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in firearms; and it consists in theapplication to a pistol or revolver of a detachable blade, ashereinafter described and claimed, the object of which is to increasethe efficiency of such a weapon.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a revolver with my improvement attachedFig. 2, a view in detail of said improvement, and Fig. 3 a sectionaldetail of end of pistol-barrel and knifering.

Referring to the drawings, A design ates the barrel of a revolver orpistol to which the attachment constituting my invention is applied, andfor this purpose the barrel A is provided at its outer discharge endwith an exterior screw-thread. The attached weapon consists of a knifehaving a long shank D, provided at its outer end with a ring E, whichring is interiorly threaded to adapt it to be screwed onto the threadedend of the barrel A. To this ring is secured, or it may be made integraltherewith, a blade F. This blade is preferably made in the form shown,having three edged ribs 9 of lancet form, each of which is about an inchand a half long and terminating in a dagger-point. The shank D isprovided with a longitudinal rib h, which extends from the front end ofthe ring E to nearly the opposite end of the shank, and which rib isprovided with an edge d. The shank, its rib, the ring, and the blade orblades may be all cast in one piece or made separately and then securedtogether in any desired manner. The shank D of the knife may be securedto the barrel of the pistol or revolver by a screw, as shown at 072.

To attach the knife to the revolver, the ring E of the knife is placedon the end of the barrel, so that the shank D will be opposite the placewhere it is to be secured to the pistol,and the ring and shank are thenturned around until the latter is brought into its position ofattachment, where it is then secured by the screw 17:. By this rotationof the knife the screw-threads of the ring are made to engage with thethreaded end of the barrel, and the knife is thus securely fastened inplace.

By this construction a knife with several blades at'its end and onealong the Side is obtained, which converts the pistol or revolver into apowerful weapon for fighting at close quarters, especially at a timewhen the pistol having been discharged no time is given for reloading.The sharp rib extending along the side of the shank prevents the weaponfrom being grasped and wrenched from the hand of the one who is usingit.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is A cutting attachmentfor a revolver consisting of a knife having a shank extending along thebarrel of the revolver, a cutting edge on said shank, means at the innerend of said shank for securing the same to the revolver, said shankprovided on its outer end with a screw-threaded ring, correspondingscrewthreads on the outer end of said barrel to engage said ring, and ablade formed on and extending from said ring and having a plurality ofcutting edges, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JUAN HERNANDEZ.

Witnesses:

W. H. DOOLITTLE, H. P. DooLrTTLE.

